October 2021

Featured Article

2021 Dick Ferneau Career EMS Service of the Year Pafford EMS

Community

Commitment to Excellence: Meet the Winners of the 2021 National EMS Awards of Excellence

10/01/2021

EMS World Staff

The industry's most prestigious awards honor the top providers and services in EMS.

The industry's most prestigious...

10/01/2021

EMSWorld

By understanding and becoming comfortable with gynecological topics, EMS professionals can provide better care. (Photo: UC Health)

Education/Training

CE Article: Sensitive Subject

10/01/2021

Natalie Zink, BS, NRP

Understand and be comfortable with gynecological topics to provide better care.

Understand and be comfortable...

10/01/2021

EMSWorld

An image from the promotional poster for Into the Unknown

Community

Emergency! Stars Reunite to Profile Medics’ Plight

09/30/2021

Carol Brzozowski

Randy Mantooth and Kevin Tighe are producing a new documentary.

Randy Mantooth and Kevin Tighe...

09/30/2021

EMSWorld

Patient Care

EMS World 2021 Innovation Awards: Meet the Finalists

09/30/2021

EMS World Staff

EMS World’s Innovation Awards showcase the top advances in EMS products and technologies each year.

EMS World’s Innovation Awards...

09/30/2021

EMSWorld

ECMO may finally be able to move the survival needle for some cardiac arrest victims. (Photo: Minnesota Mobile Resuscitation Consortium)

Patient Care

The Edge: Is It Time to Rethink Cardiac Arrest Care?

09/30/2021

Ritu Sahni, MD, MPH, FAEMS

ECMO may finally be able to move the survival needle.

ECMO may finally be able to move...

09/30/2021

EMSWorld

The PCRF is proud to highlight the work of EMS providers who are advancing the profession with science.

Education/Training

PCRF 2021 Research Abstracts

09/29/2021

Prehospital Care Research Forum

Prehospital Care Research Forum ...

EMS World presents the latest investigations curated by the Prehospital Care Research Forum.

EMS World presents the latest...

09/29/2021

EMSWorld

Alaska EMS physician Michael Levy, MD, presented the case at the Gathering of Eagles conference.

Patient Care

Resident Eagle: When Refractory V-Fib Isn't

09/29/2021

Carol Brzozowski

It might be recurrent—here’s how to tell.

It might be recurrent—here’s how...

09/29/2021

EMSWorld

When a child being ventilated has problems, the DOPES mnemonic may help.

Education/Training

Troubles With Tiny Tubes? Try DOPES

09/28/2021

Scott DeBoer, RN, MSN, CPEN, CEN, CCRN, CFRN, EMT-P; Lisa DeBoer, NREMT-P/PI, CET; Michael Rushing, BSN, RN, NRP, CEN, CPEN, CFRN, TCRN, CCRN-CMC; and Michael Seaver, RN, BA

Scott DeBoer, RN, MSN, CPEN, CEN, CCR...

When a child being ventilated has problems, this mnemonic may help.

When a child being ventilated...

09/28/2021

EMSWorld

While VAN has been validated in EMS and shown some promise in identifying LVO strokes, this study was the first to prospectively evaluate it in the prehospital environment.

Education/Training

Journal Watch: The VAN Scale and LVO Strokes

09/28/2021

By Antonio R. Fernandez, PhD, NRP, FAHA

By Antonio R. Fernandez, PhD, NRP, FA...

Can a simple evaluation tool help detect these damaging events?

Can a simple evaluation tool...

09/28/2021

EMSWorld

Unconscious human biases can impact our perceptions and actions, producing discriminatory behavior. (Photo: Aaron Webster)

Leadership/Management

Diversity in EMS: Conquering Implicit Bias in the Prehospital Environment

09/27/2021

Lorie A. Fridell, PhD, and Brad Keating, MPH, NRP

Lorie A. Fridell, PhD, and Brad Keati...

We all have it—but the good news is that training can mitigate it.

We all have it—but the good news...

09/27/2021

EMSWorld

What does this theatrical depiction of a founding father have to do with present-day EMS? The answers are hidden in its depiction of leadership development, writes Columbia Southern's Aaron M. Rhone.

Leadership/Management

Vendor Viewpoint: Leadership Lessons From 'Hamilton'

09/27/2021

Aaron M. Rhone, PhD

EMS is young and hungry—but it needs a solid foundation.

EMS is young and hungry—but it...

09/27/2021

EMSWorld

Community

Editorial: Ready to Return to Normal

09/26/2021

Joshua D. Hartman, MBA, NRP, and Nicholas Miller, MS, NRP

Joshua D. Hartman, MBA, NRP, and Nich...

We asked, we listened, and we are back in person to host the world’s largest EMS-dedicated event.

We asked, we listened, and we...

09/26/2021

EMSWorld

KERPA is a unique service that sends volunteer EMS physicians in dedicated ground units directly to the scenes of immediate-threat-to-life 9-1-1 calls in the Kootenay Region. (Photo: CAMTS)

Leadership/Management

Association Update: October 2021

09/26/2021

EMS World Staff

A roundup of news from major EMS leadership organizations.

A roundup of news from major EMS...

09/26/2021

EMSWorld

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